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Photos of Helena, TX

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Miscellaneous

Post Office Cornerstone
Post Office Cornerstone

Post Office Mural
Post Office Mural

Buildings

View of Main Street (1910)

View of Main Street (1913)

View of Main Street (1930s)

Dean Motel
Dean Motel
This is a Mirrocolor Post Card. Nationwide Post Card Co.
Arlington, Texas, No. 2657 in Englewood, Colo., See H. E. Turk.

Dean Motel & Restaurant | Hi-Way 181 | Kenedy, Texas | Excellent Food &
Sleeping Acommodations | 24 Hour Service | Patio for Private Parties & Dancing

Bluebonnet Hotel
Bluebonnet Hotel
Bluebonnet Motel (1979)
Driving Directions

Dexter Press Inc.; Pub. by Frank Whaley Post Cards - 733 Burkshire
Corpus Christi, Texas; Color by Frank B. Whaley

Highway 181-North - P.O. Box 629 - Phone OL 9-2552 - Kenedy, Texas
Area Code 512 - Beautiful Grounds - 16 Units, individually
air-conditioned - Swimming Pool - Covered Patio - Room Phones - TV
Gulf Service Station adjoining - Restaurant next door - Adjoining
Karnes County Airport." The date Nov. 5, 1979 is written at the top. Writer unknown.

Uncle Chuck's Karnes County Smokehouse
Uncle Chuck's Karnes County Smokehouse
Dexter Press Inc.; Pub. by Frank Whaley Post Cards - 315 Palmero St
Corpus Christi, Texas; Color photo by Frank B. Whaley

U.S. Highway 181, between Kenedy and Karnes City, Texas.
A real "garden of eatin' " in the heart of German, Polish
and Bohemian communities that made Karnes County
famous for smoked meats, sausage, and homemade delicacies.
(Radio KAML tower in background). Address: Box 1877 - Kenedy, Texas.

Barth's Restaurant
Barth's Restaurant
Dexter Press Inc.; Pub. by Frank Whaley Post Cards - 733 Burkshire
Corpus Christi, Texas; Color by Frank B. Whaley
Kenedy, Texas, on U.S. 181 - This is a favorite dining spot
for the traveler. Special facilities available for large groups. Famous for fine foods.
Fresh Homemade Bread and Pies served daily

Kenedy High School (1920)
Kenedy High School (1920)

Kenedy High School

Scrap Metal Drive
Kenedy High School (1920)

Kenedy Post Office (1937)
Kenedy Post Office (1937)

Kenedy Post Office (1937)
Kenedy Post Office (2008)

Ammons Boarding House
Ammons Boarding House on Main Street

Hotel Goff
The three-story Goff Hotel was on Main Street at Third
and was well-known throughout South Texas.

Kenedy Mercantile Co. (1910)

Hot Wells Sanitorium

Hot Mineral Wells in Kenedy, TX

M.E. Church

Compress and Main Street

Highway
Highway - Property of Dave

Silos
Silos - Property of Dave

Gas Station
Gas Station - Property of Dave

House
House - Property of Dave

Jerry B's
Jerry B's - Property of Dave

Jerry B's
Jerry B's - Property of Dave

Post Office
Post Office - Property of Dave

Second Hand Store
Second Hand Store - Property of Dave

Miscellaneous

Greetings from Kenedy, TX

Kenedy Detention Center

Kenedy Internment Camp
German repatriates inside camp lining [up] to be checked out of main gate.
Photo ID: 59-RAG-6-13 (College Park, Maryland).

Kenedy Internment Camp
German repatriates leaving for Jersey City. (Camp Administration building in background.)
Photo ID: 59-RAG-6-9 (College Park, Maryland).

Kenedy Internment Camp
German internees at Camp Kenedy, Texas in 1942, leaving for repatriation to Germany.

Kenedy Internment Camp
Unloading Latin Americans at Camp Kenedy

Kenedy Internment Camp
Supposed Location of Camp Kenedy   -   Get Directions

Kenedy Internment Camp
Kenedy, Tx Internment to Lisbon, Portugal, 1943.
A free posted cover from a German internee at the Alien Detension camp
Kenedy, Texas to an individual in Lisbon, Portugal. Censored.

Kenedy Internment Camp
Kichimatsu Kishi was detained by authorities and kept for two months
at Camp Kenedy most likely due to his previous contact with Yamamoto.

Ludwig Eberhardt
Ludwig Eberhardt - At the bottom of this photograph, my father wrote, “Sali del Campo Kenedy”;
that is, “I came out of Camp Kenedy”. On the back of the photograph he wrote
“Prisionero de Guerra en Kenedy, Texas, U.S.A.”, which translated means
“Prisoner of War in Kenedy, Texas, U.S.A.”